Amana Contracting and Steel Buildings, a leading regional turnkey contractor, has been awarded a $20 million contract by Vos Logistics, to design and build a logistics terminal in Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar.

Vos Logistics, a leading European logistics service provider to the petrochemical industry, was awarded the contract by Qatofin to build and operate a high-tech logistics platform last May. The platform, currently one of the largest of its kind in the Middle East, will be located adjacent to the Arabian Gulf and is directly connected to the production facilities of Qatofin. The terminal, to be designed and constructed by Amana, facilitates storage and handling of Qatofin’s linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) granules.
When completed, the terminal complex will comprise four buildings featuring  a 56,000 sq m covered warehouse, 14,500 cu m silo storage, two fully-automatic and mobile packaging lines, 20 loading docks and container storage and trans-shipment with a capacity of 1000 teu. The complex, occupying an area of approximately 100,000 sq m, will be constructed on a design-build basis in 20 months, and will use over 1,000 tonnes of steel. The logistics platform is planned to be operational at the end of 2008.
Marc Van Alphen, managing director, silo logistics and projects at Vos Logistics, says that Vos is looking to expand in the Middle East region. “We partnered with Amana as they could not only deliver the quality and service on this particular project, but they were also able to provide turnkey solutions elsewhere around the region in line with our expansion plans for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman.”